But you're the one advocating it, so what's your rationale? Or do you think the mods should just adopt a "we don't like this, so we'll ban the person" policy? (I know some of you people think we actually do this, but I assure you, we don't; I will admit that it'd be much easier if we did.)

It's populated, particularly in the Iron Range, by Swedes and Norwegians who vote like their counterparts back in Scandinavia- that is, for populist left-wingers. The legacy of the Farmer-Labor Party and the DFL in raising class consciousness and building a broad coalition also plays a role. I'm really not the best to ask, then again, I wasn't asked, now was I?

So does this effectively mean we're creating a "union year"? Can't we just make these elections the day after Labor Day or something, so we don't to create a new calendar? Or am I misunderstanding?

This bill schedules an election in all non-union workplaces a month after the beginning of a new year. I would be completely fine with changing that date around to Labor Day (which in Atlasia is May 1st, mind) if that's what the Senate would prefer on this bill.

Oh, so I did misunderstand. The election just needs to be in January? That's fine with me.

Of course, we now need to specify what type of year we mean (Gregorian vs. Atlasian) thanks to Simfan's ridiculous policy on the matter.

I have a feeling that what we'd be seeing had that happened would be far worse than what is happening now. Of course, there'd have been far fewer deaths in the country 2003-10, but after that one assumes there would have been an uprising, just as there was everywhere else, and it would have made Syria's conflict look like a polite disagreement by comparison.

That is of course assuming that he'd still be alive. He'd have been 77 this year - Stalin died aged 74 and Hafez al-Assad at 69.

Prior to Obamacare, she would have been left to die so doctors could continue experimenting on septuagenarians. Today, thanks to the power of Obamacare, doctors are still using Medicare funds to experiment on septuagenarians, AND we are paying higher taxes and borrowing money to pay for this woman.

The Democratic Party has serious intellectual firepower on their side of the aisle. It's a wonder the Republican Party still exists.

Wanting to let people wither and die is disgusting, but I do agree that there are entire generations of people growing up not even knowing what it means to work. It happens to the children of parents who are on welfare and have given up, but it happens just as often to kids born with a silver spoon in their mouths who will never have to work for anything.